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Cinque Ports

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Cinque Ports  (sngk)
A group of seaports of southeast England (originally Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich) that formed a maritime and defensive association in the 11th century. They reached the height of their significance in the Anglo-French conflicts of the 14th century.
Cinque Ports
Noun, pl
an association of ports on the SE coast of England, with certain ancient duties and privileges
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Now the Cinque Ports are partially or somehow under the jurisdiction of a sort of policeman or beadle, called a Lord Warden.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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